Nobody warned us that in addition to promoting Ed Marynowitz as his right-hand man, Philadelphia Eagles coach Chip Kelly also would make Martin Scorsese a partner too. How else could he have conceived of whacking so many prominent players from such a successful outfit? Turns out the exile of wide receiver DeSean Jackson last year was just an appetizer for what was to come. The news Tuesday that Kelly shipped quarterback Nick Foles to St. Louis for Sam Bradford probably should not have come as such a shock, considering all the high-profile subtractions he had already executed like so many building implosions in the end sequence of "Casino." Gone, as of the moment, are Foles,...

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